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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Blumira

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ABlumira’s cloud SIEM platform offers both automated threat detection and response, enabling organizations of any size to more defend against cybersecurity threats in near real-time. It's goal is to ease the burden of alert fatigue, complexity of log management and lack of IT visibility.

    $0

    (the basic Free SIEM tier is free forever with 3 cloud integrations and 14 days of data retention)

    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) is a holistic, cloud delivered endpoint security solution that includes risk-based vulnerability management and assessment, attack surface reduction, behavioral based and cloud-powered next generation protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), automatic investigation and remediation, managed hunting services, rich APIs, and unified security management.

    $2.50

    per user/per month

    Splunk Enterprise

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASplunk is software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface. It captures, indexes and correlates real-time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards and visualizations.N/A
    Pricing
    BlumiraMicrosoft Defender for EndpointSplunk Enterprise
    Editions & Modules
    SIEM Starter
    $12
    per month per employee
    SIEM +
    $16
    per month per employee
    XDR Platform
    $21
    per month per employee
    Academic
    $2.50
    per user/per month
    Standalone
    $5.20
    per user/per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BlumiraMicrosoft Defender for EndpointSplunk Enterprise
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is based on the total number of “employees” or knowledge workers in an organization (it does not refer to the number of users or admins with Blumira accounts). A knowledge worker is an employee with a corporate email address and workstation/device (may not include number of factory workers or students at a university).——
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    BlumiraMicrosoft Defender for EndpointSplunk Enterprise
    Considered Multiple Products
    Blumira
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is more advantageous in our windows heavy infrastructure and it was unparalled in the ease of integration with windows endpoints. Security breaches, system crashes and outages with other competitors like Crowdstrike made it easier for us to go …
    Incentivized
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BlumiraMicrosoft Defender for EndpointSplunk Enterprise
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Blumira and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Splunk Enterprise
    Feature
    Blumira
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Splunk Enterprise
    8.2
    91 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings9.085 Ratings
    Correlation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.487 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.488 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility9.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.081 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.282 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces9.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.887 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings7.865 Ratings
    Data integration/API management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds9.01 Ratings00 Ratings7.933 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings7.529 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.634 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching8.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.737 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings00 Ratings7.732 Ratings
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Blumira and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Splunk Enterprise
    Feature
    Blumira
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    8.7
    79 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Splunk Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings9.075 Ratings00 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings9.179 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Management00 Ratings8.679 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infection Remediation00 Ratings9.077 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management00 Ratings8.774 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware Detection00 Ratings9.278 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BlumiraMicrosoft Defender for EndpointSplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (169 ratings)
    8.7
    (112 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (40 ratings)
    8.5
    (45 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BlumiraMicrosoft Defender for EndpointSplunk Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Blumira
    Blumira is great for a small IT team in a small to medium sized environment. It gives you unlimited logging (no limit on the number of logs sent) and doesn't require advanced knowledge or expertise in SIEMs to get the system up and running.
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    Microsoft
    If you have multiple endpoints in your environment, if you're looking to understand what your environment looks like, if you're trying to identify the health of your environment, or identify any risks or vulnerabilities in your environment pertaining to your endpoints and devices.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    I'm liking the newer products, and I'm looking forward to how they integrate with the overall product when they come together. Just log in and be able to query a large number of systems for similar issues or a unique one. That is a great fit for Splunk Enterprise, looking for a simple case or a simple String or something of that nature across multiple machines. It's a great fit for that to identify issues or particular software, whatever your scenario is, String, to find it across any particular server or group of servers, so that you can update or do a deployment or whatever it is you're looking to do.
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    Pros
    Blumira
    • The user interface (for managing, reporting) is intuitive and is easy to use
    • The setup / onboarding process was very easy
    • Support has been wonderful (and personal)
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    Microsoft
    • The big thing for us is on endpoint, it kind of integrates with everything else that we already have because we use Microsoft completely. And so that helps us with being able to integrate, and send things over to Azure Sentinel as we need to as well.
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    Cisco
    • It is very useful in creating custom rules for analyzing system logs and display relevant information. The query language is very easy to learn.
    • We can create custom UI to visualize the output of our data. The interface is very flexible. It also allows the sharing of rules among users.
    • There is an open online community to help others. Stackoverflow also has a splunk community. These resources make it more convenient to learn.
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    Cons
    Blumira
    • We've had a few suggestions for improving some of the built-in "workflows" -- steps that we are instructed to take by Blumira for specific "findings"
    • There are a few improvements about reporting I'd like to see
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    Microsoft
    • I'd say building out summaries and log reviews for analysts reviewing incidents. So, pivoting from the alerts themselves to actually getting the detail underneath. Trying to understand what caused an alert, where they went from there, et cetera, et cetera. And then trying to get into deeper log review to take that investigation further can be a pain point.
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    Cisco
    • Splunk light limits number of users to 5. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add more users.
    • Splunk light does not let you add > few realtime alerts. Wish there was a flexible license, where one could add as many realtime alerts as wanted.
    • Better insight into daily ingestion values
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Blumira
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Cost add-ons for Security features is nickel and diming the process to keep pace with cybercrime. Limited Education budgets require us to be more pro-active in finding cost-effective measures to protect our devices, staff and students. Defender is a strong, well-featured product that is pricing itself out of the education market
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    Cisco
    We are using Splunk extensively in our projects and we have recently upgraded to Splunk version 6.0 which is quite efficient and giving expected results. We keep track of updates and new features Splunk introduces periodically and try to introduce those features in our day to day activities for improvement in our reporting system and other tasks.
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    Usability
    Blumira
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Because it's hard to find things sometimes. I can find things now because I know where they are. But you have to work with it a little while to figure out how. I'd basically say it was a security tool designed by developers. So you have to get that mindset to find things. So a new hire, a new person in the SOC would have a difficult time. I know that's sitting in here, or that screen is in here somewhere. So it's gotten better.
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    Cisco
    You can literally throw in a single word into Splunk and it will pull back all instances of that word across all of your logs for the time span you select (provided you have permission to see that data). We have several users who have taken a few of the free courses from Splunk that are able to pull data out of it everyday with little help at all.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Blumira
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint chugs along just fine no matter what we throw at it and what systems it's running on. It doesn't take up a lot of resources either, so that's welcomed.
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    Cisco
    When properly setup and configured, Splunk is extremely reliable.
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    Performance
    Blumira
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easy on memory and resources on clients.
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    Cisco
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    Support Rating
    Blumira
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    The first time I tried to onboard my macOS endpoints to MDE I struggled for quite a bit. I had to reach out to Microsoft's MDE support team. The tech was very helpful in walking me through the steps during a screen share session
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    Cisco
    Splunk maintains a well resourced support system that has been consistent since we purchased the product. They help out in a timely manner and provide expert level information as needed. We typically open cases online and communicate when possible via e-mail and are able to resolve most issues with that method.
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    Online Training
    Blumira
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    The online course was simple clear and described the main capabilities of the solution. There is also an initial module that can be done for free so anyone can familiarize themselves with the functionality of this solution. On the other hand, however, there could be more free online courses. Maybe even with a certificate, this would broaden the group of people who are familiar with the platform while increasing familiarity with the solution itself.
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    Implementation Rating
    Blumira
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Deployment was handled by our team here and everything went pretty smoothly. We did have a few hiccups in our test group, but that only took a bit to get ironed out.
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    Cisco
    Smooth without too many major issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Blumira
    Blumira is "right-sized" for my small organization. It is not a strain on our resources (people, system, or monetary). It gives us exactly what we needed
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    Microsoft
    Particularly, we're evaluating Symantec Endpoint Protection, the commercial version. We've looked at eSet, a couple of the others, and it's much too heavy or difficult to manage, things like that. Ease of use, ease of integration. It's already there. It's super easy to update it with the regular OS updates and everything. So we can manage it whether we're using SCCM or Intune or Dato, it's very easy to deploy updates and manage things.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    A lot of products have natively inside their own dashboards and or their own logging repositories. And each one is difficult to learn or they're too complex or they're not verbose in the sense that they're not easy to mine the data that you're looking for. So that could be anything from the native logging that you find in other Cisco products. It's easier to use Splunk to draw the data that you're looking for as opposed to going to the individual's products themselves to get the logs that you're looking for.
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    Scalability
    Blumira
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easily scaled from small orgs to giant enterprises.
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    Cisco
    Splunk can scale in to the petabyte per day range which of course is awesome
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    Return on Investment
    Blumira
    • Now when we have a security audit or need to completed a cybersecurity insurance application, we answer "Yes" to the "Do you have a SIEM?" question.
    • It has provided awareness and visibility of events and situations on our system that we were completely blind to before.
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    Microsoft
    • I think the positive impact overall is that we do a lot of sitting in front of assessors- federal assessors, government assessors. And it really comes down to when the assessor has to think about another product that you're bringing in that's not Microsoft, it creates a lot of confusion, more paperwork, more explanation. But the positive impact is that they know it, everybody kind of knows Microsoft. And so when you tell them you have this endpoint for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, they're like, okay. The questions go away, and it makes the overhead a lot less during an assessment.
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    Cisco
    • Splunk has allowed developers to diagnose production issues when access of control was taken away from them to be allowed to view items in production environments and I believe that is invaluable.
    • At times some developers weren't super happy about using it, but it was more of the fact that they were used to having production access and not creating their splunk queries to get information.
    • Going one place to view logs was very beneficial to have.
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